Fractured Lit
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
Fractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance. Open year-round and is available to all writers. https://fracturedlit.com/ Posts by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
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I have a micro in @fracturedlit.bsky.social today! Thank you so much to the editors for picking up "First, They Fall": fracturedlit.com/first-they-f...
First, They Fall | Fractured
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October 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I have a micro in @fracturedlit.bsky.social today! Thank you so much to the editors for picking up "First, They Fall": fracturedlit.com/first-they-f...
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Thanks so much @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and @fracturedlit.bsky.social for publishing this interview!!!
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Thanks so much @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and @fracturedlit.bsky.social for publishing this interview!!!
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Check out my @fracturedlit.bsky.social interview by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
Please enjoy this interview w Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social about her amazing new collection, Bitter Over Sweet, 2023 winner of the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards. LINKS to her book and to her AMAZING launch on Nov 7 w Deesha Philyaw & Avitus Carle are in the interview.
“I believe in flash, and I especially believe in microfiction”: An Interview with Melissa Llanes Brownlee | Fractured
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October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Check out my @fracturedlit.bsky.social interview by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
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‘…she’d just hung there with her hair sweeping the woodchips and eyes shut tight like she was sleeping.’
What a central image to this fantastic flash from @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social 🦇
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What a central image to this fantastic flash from @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social 🦇
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First, They Fall | Fractured
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November 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
‘…she’d just hung there with her hair sweeping the woodchips and eyes shut tight like she was sleeping.’
What a central image to this fantastic flash from @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social 🦇
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What a central image to this fantastic flash from @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social 🦇
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"Your sister used to be the tilt-a-whirl, or maybe the teacups, careening you in circles, breathless with laughter, falling on your knees, dizzy"
Brilliant extended metaphor from @gsmithgoodin.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social Love the way the metaphor shifts from paragraph to paragraph
Brilliant extended metaphor from @gsmithgoodin.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social Love the way the metaphor shifts from paragraph to paragraph
I was traveling last week and completely missed that my story went up @fracturedlit.bsky.social.
fracturedlit.com/out-of-season/
This was crafted in the wonderful summer workshop run by @smokelong.bsky.social. Thank you SO much to all my groupmates who helped me get this into shape!
#flashfiction
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This was crafted in the wonderful summer workshop run by @smokelong.bsky.social. Thank you SO much to all my groupmates who helped me get this into shape!
#flashfiction
Out of Season | Fractured
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November 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"Your sister used to be the tilt-a-whirl, or maybe the teacups, careening you in circles, breathless with laughter, falling on your knees, dizzy"
Brilliant extended metaphor from @gsmithgoodin.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social Love the way the metaphor shifts from paragraph to paragraph
Brilliant extended metaphor from @gsmithgoodin.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social Love the way the metaphor shifts from paragraph to paragraph
New flash by @amykdebellis
"The word victim is designed to slide right between your ribs. It’s a slender blade of a word, and it excels at gutting you, at hollowing you out."
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"The word victim is designed to slide right between your ribs. It’s a slender blade of a word, and it excels at gutting you, at hollowing you out."
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Fear | Fractured
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November 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New flash by @amykdebellis
"The word victim is designed to slide right between your ribs. It’s a slender blade of a word, and it excels at gutting you, at hollowing you out."
fracturedlit.com/fear/
"The word victim is designed to slide right between your ribs. It’s a slender blade of a word, and it excels at gutting you, at hollowing you out."
fracturedlit.com/fear/
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"So sudden you didn’t have time to put your hair on. So loud your eardrums hurt"
What a piece from @drobnik.co - so much intensity in this @fracturedlit.bsky.social micro
What a piece from @drobnik.co - so much intensity in this @fracturedlit.bsky.social micro
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"So sudden you didn’t have time to put your hair on. So loud your eardrums hurt"
What a piece from @drobnik.co - so much intensity in this @fracturedlit.bsky.social micro
What a piece from @drobnik.co - so much intensity in this @fracturedlit.bsky.social micro
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"She will never know the meaning of the songs we sing—the joys of harvest they were meant to carry"
Just came across this stunner from @brechtdp.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social from earlier this year. A brilliant cautionary tale:
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Just came across this stunner from @brechtdp.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social from earlier this year. A brilliant cautionary tale:
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The Flavours We’ll Lose | Fractured
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November 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"She will never know the meaning of the songs we sing—the joys of harvest they were meant to carry"
Just came across this stunner from @brechtdp.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social from earlier this year. A brilliant cautionary tale:
fracturedlit.com/the-flavours...
Just came across this stunner from @brechtdp.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social from earlier this year. A brilliant cautionary tale:
fracturedlit.com/the-flavours...
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very very excited to announce the publication of my flash story ”China Plate“ in @fracturedlit.bsky.social today!
you can read the full thing here:
fracturedlit.com/china-plate/
you can read the full thing here:
fracturedlit.com/china-plate/
China Plate | Fractured
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November 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
very very excited to announce the publication of my flash story ”China Plate“ in @fracturedlit.bsky.social today!
you can read the full thing here:
fracturedlit.com/china-plate/
you can read the full thing here:
fracturedlit.com/china-plate/
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our very own EIC has a new publication in @fracturedlit.bsky.social today! if you’ve ever been curious about his writing style, here’s your chance to get a taste (for free!) 👀
full story here 🖤
fracturedlit.com/china-plate/
full story here 🖤
fracturedlit.com/china-plate/
November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
our very own EIC has a new publication in @fracturedlit.bsky.social today! if you’ve ever been curious about his writing style, here’s your chance to get a taste (for free!) 👀
full story here 🖤
fracturedlit.com/china-plate/
full story here 🖤
fracturedlit.com/china-plate/
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In @dawnsteffler.bsky.social's interview w/ @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, they tackle how the title BITTER OVER SWEET came to be, how living in Japan influenced Melissa's writing, & more over on @fracturedlit.bsky.social! buff.ly/6xvbIOc
Get BITTER OVER SWEET: buff.ly/aVGstGt
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Get BITTER OVER SWEET: buff.ly/aVGstGt
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“I believe in flash, and I especially believe in microfiction”: An Interview with Melissa Llanes Brownlee | Fractured
by Fractured Lit | Oct 31, 2025
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November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In @dawnsteffler.bsky.social's interview w/ @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, they tackle how the title BITTER OVER SWEET came to be, how living in Japan influenced Melissa's writing, & more over on @fracturedlit.bsky.social! buff.ly/6xvbIOc
Get BITTER OVER SWEET: buff.ly/aVGstGt
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Get BITTER OVER SWEET: buff.ly/aVGstGt
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Thank you so much @dawnsteffler.bsky.social for your wonderful interview!!
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In @dawnsteffler.bsky.social's interview w/ @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, they tackle how the title BITTER OVER SWEET came to be, how living in Japan influenced Melissa's writing, & more over on @fracturedlit.bsky.social! buff.ly/6xvbIOc
Get BITTER OVER SWEET: buff.ly/aVGstGt
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Get BITTER OVER SWEET: buff.ly/aVGstGt
@susanschulman.bsky.social
“I believe in flash, and I especially believe in microfiction”: An Interview with Melissa Llanes Brownlee | Fractured
by Fractured Lit | Oct 31, 2025
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November 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Thank you so much @dawnsteffler.bsky.social for your wonderful interview!!
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This chilling story by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social is going to haunt me, I can tell.
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The Touch Forecast | Fractured
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November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This chilling story by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social is going to haunt me, I can tell.
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weekly talk story about my book & zoom launch w/@deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social & @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, @msmagazine.com review & my interview with @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social...
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Bitter Over Sweet Is HERE, Zoom Launch, Ms. Magazine and an Interview by Dawn Tasaka Steffler — Melissa Llanes Brownlee
IT’S FINALLY OFFICIAL!! Bitter Over Sweet is out in the world! Thank you to everyone who have been posting their pics! It makes me so happy! It’s been a long and strange and stressful journey getting...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
weekly talk story about my book & zoom launch w/@deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social & @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, @msmagazine.com review & my interview with @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social...
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Super thrilled to have a micro up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social - thank you so much to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and editors! Big shout out to the editors at @smokelong.bsky.social where this piece was born and to everyone who gave feedback 🙏💚🙏
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Green to Gray | Fractured
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November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Super thrilled to have a micro up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social - thank you so much to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and editors! Big shout out to the editors at @smokelong.bsky.social where this piece was born and to everyone who gave feedback 🙏💚🙏
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Ooh hello @fracturedlit.bsky.social
The FLASH FICTION ranking includes 280 magazines - here is the top 20:
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Ooh hello @fracturedlit.bsky.social
2nd Place winner for our Ghosts contest by Adam Fell!
"Overnight, the lake reveals itself.
We wake to the sudden beating of its body against our properties."
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"Overnight, the lake reveals itself.
We wake to the sudden beating of its body against our properties."
fracturedlit.com/reckoner/
Reckoner | Fractured
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October 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
2nd Place winner for our Ghosts contest by Adam Fell!
"Overnight, the lake reveals itself.
We wake to the sudden beating of its body against our properties."
fracturedlit.com/reckoner/
"Overnight, the lake reveals itself.
We wake to the sudden beating of its body against our properties."
fracturedlit.com/reckoner/
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A brilliant, clever, fabulous story!
@jaimegill.bsky.social
@unmutualcharlie.bsky.social
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This story’s a big deal to me for many reasons. It was my first collaboration with my friend @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social who wrote most, making it so intricate & gorgeous. Its in a dream title, @fracturedlit.bsky.social. And I love love love it. Maybe you will too?
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October 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A brilliant, clever, fabulous story!
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so honored and delighted to see this older story of mine from @fracturedlit.bsky.social included here 💚🦇
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
so honored and delighted to see this older story of mine from @fracturedlit.bsky.social included here 💚🦇
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No big deal, I was just somehow shortlisted in this contest judged by the writer who revived my interest in short stories and I am totally not going to have approximately 53 panic attacks in the next 4-5 weeks while judging wraps up.
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a woman wearing glasses is saying `` everybody be cool '' while standing in front of a door .
Alt: a woman wearing glasses is saying `` everybody be cool '' while standing in front of a door .
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October 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
No big deal, I was just somehow shortlisted in this contest judged by the writer who revived my interest in short stories and I am totally not going to have approximately 53 panic attacks in the next 4-5 weeks while judging wraps up.
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Thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for providing this excellent flash resource! And thanks as always to @fracturedlit.bsky.social for publishing the story!
October 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for providing this excellent flash resource! And thanks as always to @fracturedlit.bsky.social for publishing the story!
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A beautifully-put-together short piece. And the ending Is just the cherry on the top. 🍒
New Micro by Hannah Goss!
"Seeking a companion. Need not be romantic; platonic is fine."
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"Seeking a companion. Need not be romantic; platonic is fine."
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Companion Wanted | Fractured
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October 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A beautifully-put-together short piece. And the ending Is just the cherry on the top. 🍒
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I was traveling last week and completely missed that my story went up @fracturedlit.bsky.social.
fracturedlit.com/out-of-season/
This was crafted in the wonderful summer workshop run by @smokelong.bsky.social. Thank you SO much to all my groupmates who helped me get this into shape!
#flashfiction
fracturedlit.com/out-of-season/
This was crafted in the wonderful summer workshop run by @smokelong.bsky.social. Thank you SO much to all my groupmates who helped me get this into shape!
#flashfiction
Out of Season | Fractured
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October 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I was traveling last week and completely missed that my story went up @fracturedlit.bsky.social.
fracturedlit.com/out-of-season/
This was crafted in the wonderful summer workshop run by @smokelong.bsky.social. Thank you SO much to all my groupmates who helped me get this into shape!
#flashfiction
fracturedlit.com/out-of-season/
This was crafted in the wonderful summer workshop run by @smokelong.bsky.social. Thank you SO much to all my groupmates who helped me get this into shape!
#flashfiction
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Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Fiction feat. @apexmag.bsky.social @therumpus.net @foglifterpress.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @tirmag.org et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-fee-free-literary-fiction-cR0ClxB3
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October 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Fiction feat. @apexmag.bsky.social @therumpus.net @foglifterpress.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @tirmag.org et al. https://duotrope.com...